Recent content by XJ newbie

Sorry, guys, I didn't mean to start a spat! It's clear though, that I have to do one of two things: [A] Fix the angles so the two are at least as close as possible, or [B] Do the short-shaft swap, lose the slip-yoke, and get a d/c driveshaft [A] looks easier, but there's no way the driveshaft...

"it could be easily rotating past the 'in line' point and putting and amazing amount of stress on the joint" See, that makes sense to me. It is "inline" when static. So yeah, it would bend back when accelerating. I kinda figgered 5 degrees was 5 degrees, up or down shoulda been the same...

"Did the second u-joint seize up from lack of grease and break or did it just snap? Might have been an install problem." Yeah, I realize it mighta been me, but what I really suspect is that I got crap (water mud whatever) into in while wheelin, and burned up the bearings. My point is, that I...

Thanks guys... For the record, and to give props, the guy that built it does know what he's doing, he's also encouraging me to just do the sye. But I'm cheap. :) And I understand all the theory behind the sye, and why my setup should not have worked. I was just tryin to figger why it was...

... 89 2 door, 4 liter, AW4, NP231, Dana 30/35. When I got it in November, it was already lifted 5.5-6" running 34" buckshots and a locker, but overall pretty mild, fairly low budget, and very effective. Thing is, it still runs a slip-yoke, and honestly, it runs fine (or did). The rear diff is...